Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-10-26

DenlBon. Dtn1ei 4 Emery JT., d EoItlauu,
and A. N. Burbank, of Boston. The capital
stock il 8l25, 900. The company are at work
on their mills at Otis Falls, on the Andres
coggin, just above Livermore Falls. 1t will
be the largest ground pulp mill in the State.
and one of the largest in the United States.
there being only two mills that are any larger,
its capacity being twenty tons of dry pulp a
day. The work in the mill will be the hest
ever put into any pulp mill in Maine. The
fumes will be of iron. instead of wood. which
is commonly used; the bulkhesds and flume
walls will be of jay granite.
NORTH LIvERMoRE Our correspondent
writes Oct. "a: At the annual cattle and horse
| show held here last week Mr.. S. NJ. Maxim
of Wayne gave a wonderful exhibition of
bush pulling with a bush extractor recently
patented by him and manufactured By the
North Wayne Tool Co., Hallowell, Me.
Everyone who saw the working of the extrac
tor pronounced it perfect 10 every way. 1t
| fills long felt want among farmers. The
story of its invention is novel one as told
to your correspondent. Mr.. Maxim with an
other gentleman was standing on a road ma
chine, where some repairs on a road were be.
| ing made, and among other things bushes
were being pulled out in tho old fashioned
way with chain. Said Mr.. Maxim's COM
panion to him "you ought to invent something
better than that TO pull bushes" 81 went
home" said Mr.. NJ. and in about an hour
had invented the only bush extractor in the
United States and probably in the world"
| Mr.. Maxim is brother to the renowned in
ventor of the Maxim gun.
LINCOLN.
ALNA-Our corresp Dndent writes, Oct. % ::
The earth froze hard for the first time Satur-
day night water in the river is very
low, so much needed repairs are being made
on the dam aud fumes at the mills by the
owners, Messrs. Palmer and Jewett.-Rev.
E N. Pierce delivered the fourth and fifth of
his Bible lectures to large congregation
Sunday forenoon and evening.-Capt r. c.
Jones has gone to Warren with lighter load
of pine lumber for Capt. J. Sawyer.
SAGADAHoC.
ToPsHAM-Our correspondent writes Oct.
"a: MIR. Benson Sewell, son of Prof. John
Sewell of Bangor, supplied the pulpit of the
Corgregationalist church last Sunday at
Topsham, most acceptably to all.-Invitations
are out for the marriage of Miss Jennie
Fowles to Mr.. Walter Wheeler of Mass,
Nov. ond Miss Fowles will be a great loss
to the place and especially to the Congrega-
tionalIst choir.-The Franklin school is
fiourishin9 finely. A larger school than
usual Master E. F. Martin, son of Gen. A.
P. Martin Ex-Mayor of Boston is a member
of the school, also H. G. Thomas son of Gen.
H. G. Thomas, Master Willis Works of Nor
way, Me, Hugh Nickles Of Searsport c. E.
Giles of Somerville, Mass, are among the
new ones.
| SOMERSET.
| PALMYRA-Our correspondent writes, Oct.
25: The rain during the past few days has
been help to the mill in this village. The
proprietors have been making some marked
improvements recently and by the time there
is sufficient water they will be ready to do
custom grinding of all kinds in a satisfactory
manner Quite a series of minor accidents
during the fast week. E. M. Frost had the
misfortune to jam his leg very badly while
engaged in sinking rocks last Saturday morn.
ing James Stacy was so unfortunate as to
| cut one of his hands so that he has been I'M
able to use it any since, and last but not least
is the accident that befell Cyrus Blaisdell.
| While chopping cord woad last week his axe
glanced and lodged in his foot, nearly sever
ing one of his toes.
FAIRFIELD. - Our correspondent writes
Oct 25 G H. Newhall and son returned
Saturday night from trip to the lake.-Mrs.
G.. G. Totman and Mrs. E. j. Lawrence re-
turned from Boston Monday night.-A good
| number OF our cltlEens are to nave "Cty
water in their houses.-Arthur McFadden
of Portland, is in town.-The Thompson
store is having new coat of paint. Frank
Clifford has moved into the Wetherell house
on Newhall st The Baptist society are soon
to have an entertainment for the benefit of
the church.-A party go from here to Cali
fornia next week.
| WALDO.
FREEDOM. - Our correspondent writess
Oct % Mr.. Reneldo Elder, who has been
an invalid for two or three years, died Fri
day The 2lst, aged II years. By his death
the town looses good citizen and the Con-
gregational church a valued member Mr..
Elder was, for many years, teacher of the
schools in this and the adjoining towns, and
was for number of years the principal of
Freedom Academy. He was elected State
Senator from this county by the republicans
and served one term has held the offices of
Selectmsn, Town Clerk, and Supervisor of
Schools, and was the postmaster in this
village from 1877 to 1884 He leaves a wife
and one daughter: the wife of Mr.. ID. o.
Bowen of Morrill, Hon. Rufus Prince, pres
ident of the State Agricultural Society, has
been spending number of days visiting the
members of Dirigo Grange.-There was a
very pleasant social gathering of invited
guests at the house of Mr.. Job. c. Vose in
Knox on Saturday evening, the 22d. The
occasion for it being the marriage of his
daughter. Carrie J. Vose to Mr. Frank s.